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Virginia Ports TEUs Top All of 2011, in Just 11 Months

The Port of Virginia had its second-best month in history in terms of TEUs and containers, and its best month for general cargo volume, it said. In November, the port handled 198,720 TEUs, up 21.2 percent over the same month…

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last year. For the first 11 months, the port handled 1,920,137 TEUs, vs. 1,763,729 TEUs during the same period last year, up 8.9 percent. The 11-month total topped the full year of 2011, said Rodney Oliver, interim executive director of the Virginia Port Authority.